12 August 2010

Getting back to the Blog

The past few months have been a blur...it feels like World Cup was just a few days ago but it has been over a month and it has been a while since I have had time to get something up on DEL. Well, I just got out of the hospital yesterday and am recovering from a surgery to remove something called PVNS from my right knee. The procedure went well and I am on the way to recovery!I am going to use this time to get back into true DEL form and put up some posts that will make you all happy. Since I am taking a strong dose of pain killers at the moment drinking is off my list of activities but I have a nice back caalogue of drinks, wines, and dinners to share with you. In the meantime, here are a few note worthy events in DEL's life over the past few months.

The above tie is from a unique collection owned by Jeremy Spencer, the amazing barista at Osteria Mozza. I have taken about 20 pictures of his various vintage ties.

These are the roasters for Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea - LA. I paid a visit to the roasting facility a few months back. The entire coffee process from growing the beans to brewing a cup is an amazing process that is done right can give you not just a morning pick me up but much much more. Coffee is taken for granted and if you don't get that yet, order some coffee from these guys and follow the brewing instructions to a "t" and you will see what I mean!

The above dish is as classic as they come in Piedmont: carne cruda and vitello tonnato. Carne cruda is coarsely chopped raw meat (vea - which has a different age requirement in Italy than in the states, Italian veal is 18 months old versus 6 in the USAl) with salt, pepper and good olive oil. Vitello tonnato is thin slices of veal with a tuna, anchovy and caper sauce. Both dishes are MUST haves when in Piedmont.

This is my good friend and colleague Eric Black who is in love with two things: BBQ and Butchery. On his days off he heads out across Southern California and learns butchery skills from the old-timers who still break their own beef. This photo was taken during a "man's night" dinner in which Eric brought a four pound Porterhouse (T-bone) steak and grilled it up for us....YUM!

At Mozza's Fourth of July Party we were treated to delicious and creative ice cream sandwiches courtesy of the Cool Haus ice cream sandwich truck....as with all trucks follow them on Twitter to find out where they are, it is worth it. Cool Haus trucks can be found in LA, NYC, and Austin!

Domaine Cheveau makes some pretty tasty wine but this Macon Solutre-Pouilly was STUNNING! Many of my posts (the few that there have been) have been about white Burgundy and needless to say, I'm hooked on the good stuff. This wine was opulent, refined, complex, and best of all not too expensive, under $25 retail! Seek it out!

Bisol is a well know and well distributed Prosecco producer. They have a few different wines in their portfolio but for the money the "Crede" is the best! This wine only has fruit from quality vineyards in the Conegliano-Valdobbiadene region in the Veneto and the fruit sings throughout the wine. The bubbles are small and fine making the wine dance across your palate, priming it for food. This is a perfect way to start any meal!

One of the last activities I did before going under the knife was to go hiking with my family. When my brother and his family were in town from Austin, we took a jaunt around Griffith Park and checked out the Griffith Observatory, only from the outside as it is closed on Mondays (note for the future).

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